Words of Wisdom

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.


~Karen Horney


HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Seasons Greetings

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!

New Year Poems

38th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Benefit Reading
Sunday, January 1, 2012
3:00 pm

There are three things to consider when the New Year’s Day Poetry Marathon sweeps you into its gracefully uncouth embrace — what it is, what it was, and who you will be when it’s over. An untamed gathering of the heart’s secret, wild nobility — over 140 poets together revealing not just that a better life could exist, but that it already does, sexy and wise, rancorous and sweet, big hearted and mad as hell. An avenging engine of resistance and eager vehicle of the nascent year. The Marathon measures its success through insurrectionist reframings of the universe, an in-it-together courage that crafts a community out of the riot of lineages and traditions we all emerge from. This collective effort also helps fund as many as 85 additional events every year — not to mention The Poetry Project Newsletter, The Recluse and legendary workshops. It’s our largest fundraiser of the year, and arguably the most inspired ongoing literary event in the city. Read more about “the Marathon” here.

The 38th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Benefit will feature over 140 Poets & Performers:
Ace Mcnamara, Alan Licht, Alex Dimitrov, Amy King, Ana Božičević, Anne Tardos, Anne Waldman & Ambrose Bye, Anselm Berrigan, Ariana Reines, Arthur’s Landing, Barry Denny, Basil King, Betsy Fagin, Bill Kushner, Billy Lamont, Bob Hershon, Bob Rosenthal, Brenda Coultas, Brendan Lorber, Brett Price, Bruce Andrews & Sally Silvers, Bryn Kelly, CA Conrad, Charles Bernstein, Christine Elmo, Christopher Stackhouse, Church of Betty, Corina Copp, Corrine Fitzpatrick, Daniel Kent, David Freeman, David Henderson, David Shapiro, David St. Lascaux, Denize Lauture, Dgls. Rothschild, Don Yorty, Donna Brook, Dottie Lasky, Douglas Dunn, Douglas Piccinnini, Drew Gardner, Dustin Williamson, Edgar Oliver, Ed Friedman, Eddie Berrigan, Eileen Myles, Elinor Nauen, Elizabeth Devlin, Elliott Sharp, Emily XYZ, Erica Kaufman, Erica Hunt & Marty Erlich, Erin Morrill, Evan Kennedy, Evelyn Reilly, Filip Marinovich, Foamola, Frank Sherlock, Franklin Bruno, Genya Turovskaya, Gillian McCain, Greg Fuchs, James Marshall, Janet Hamill, Jess Fiorni, Jim Behrle, Joe Elliot, Joe Ranono, John Coletti, John Giorno, John S. Hall, Jonas Mekas, Josef Kaplan, Judah Rubin, Judith Malina, Karen Weiser, Kathleen Miller, Katie Degentesh, Ken Chen, Ken Walker, Kenny Goldsmith, Kimberly Lyons, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Lee Ranaldo, Lenny Kaye, Leopoldine Core, Lonely Christopher, Macgregor Card, Maggie Dubris, Marcella Durand, Mariana Ruiz Firmat, Mark Nowak, Martha King, Matthew Abuelo, Miguel Gutierrez, Mitch Highfill, Monica de la Torre, Nada Gordon, Nathaniel Siegel, Nick Hallett, Nicole Peyrafitte, Pamela Sneed, Patricia Spears Jones, Patti Smith, Paul Mills (Poez), Paul Legault, Penny Arcade, Peter Gizzi, Pierre Joris, Reuben Butchart, Rickey Laurentiis, Robert Ashley Secret Orchestra, Shafer Hall, Simone White, Sinan Antoon, Stephanie Gray, Steve Dalachinsky, Steve Earle, Steven Taylor, Susan Landers, Susie Timmons, Suzanne Vega, Taylor Mead, Ted Dodson, Ted Greenwald, Thurston Moore, Todd Colby, Tom Carey, Tom Savage, Tony Towle, Tracey McTague, Tyler Burba, Wayne Koestenbaum, Will Edmiston, Will Yackulic, Yoshiko Chuma, Youmna Chlala, Yuko Otomo, Yvonne Meier, Nicole Wallace, Arlo Quint and Stacy Szymaszek.

Admission: $20, $15 for students and seniors, and $10 for Poetry Project members.

Words Of Wisdom

Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of
destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling.

~Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007)

Sonnet

A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines, properly expressing two successive of a single thought or idea. Many writers such as William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe wrote sonnets.
When I started writing poetry this past January I wrote a sonnet called ‘I Never Traveled This Road Before’:

I never traveled this road before,
Lined with thick brush and boulders,
It looks strange and foreboding
There’s nothing to guide me.

Each step forward is a step closer
To an unknown destination.
What awaits me, I know not.
But I trek on.

I’m nudged forward
By an unseen hand
I turn around and
All the footprints of my life are gone.

Overhead, the sky hawk cries;
‘Follow me! Follow me!

Sunday, January 1, 2012
3:00 pm

Featuring 140 Poets & Performers including:

Ace Mcnamara, Alan Licht, Alex Dimitrov, Amy King, Ana Božičević, Anne Tardos, Anne Waldman, Anselm Berrigan, Arthur’s Landing, Barry Denny, Basil King, Betsy Fagin, Billy Lamont, Bob Hershon, Bob Rosenthal, Brenda Coultas, Brendan Lorber, Brett Price, Bruce Andrews & Sally Silvers, Bryn Kelly, CA Conrad, Charles Bernstein, Christine Elmo, Christopher Stackhouse, Church of Betty, Corina Copp, Corrine Fitzpatrick, Daniel Kent (music), David Freeman, David Henderson, David Shapiro, Denize Lauture, Dgls. Rothschild, Don Yorty, Donna Brook, Dottie Lasky, Douglas Dunn, Douglas Piccinnini, Drew Gardner, Dustin Williamson, Ed Friedman, Eddie Berrigan, Edwin Torres, Eileen Myles, Elinor Nauen, Elizabeth Devlin (music), Elliott Sharp, Erica Kaufman, Evelyn Reilly, Filip Marinovich, Foamola, Frank Sherlock, Franklin Bruno, Genya Turovskaya, Gillian McCain, Greg Fuchs, James Marshall, Janet Hamill, Jess Fiorni, Jim Behrle, Joe Elliot, Joe Ranono, John Coletti, John Giorno, John S. Hall, Jonas Mekas, Josef Kaplan, Judah Rubin, Judith Malina, Karen Weiser, Kathleen Miller, Katie Degentesh, Ken Walker, Kenny Goldsmith, Kimberly Lyons, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Lenny Kaye, Leopoldine Core, Lonely Christopher, Macgregor Card, Maggie Dubris, Marcella Durand, Mariana Ruiz Firmat, Mark Nowak, Martha King, Matthew Abuelo, Miguel Gutierrez, Mitch Highfill, Monica de la Torre, Nada Gordon, Nathaniel Siegel, Nick Hallet, Nicole Peyrafitte, Pamela Sneed, Patricia Spears Jones, Paul Mills (Poez), Paul Legault, Penny Arcade, Peter Gizzi, Pierre Joris, Reuben Butchart, Rickey Laurentiis, Secret Orchestra (Clif Jackson), Sinan Antoon, Stephanie Gray, Steve Dalachinsky, Steve Earle, Steven Taylor, Susan Landers, Susie Timmons, Suzanne Vega, Taylor Mead, Ted Dodson, Ted Greenwald, Thurston Moore, Todd Colby, Tom Carey, Tom Savage, Tony Towle, Tracey McTague, Tyler Burba, Wayne Koestenbaum, Will Edmiston, Will Yackulic, Yoshiko Chuma, Yuko Otomo, Bill Kushner, Robert Ashley, Evan Kennedy, David St. Lascaux, Lee Ranaldo, Erin Morrill, Erica Hunt & Marty Erlich, Emily XYZ, Ken Chen, Youmna Chalala, Alice Whitwham, Ariana Reines, Nicole Wallace, Arlo Quint, Stacy Szymaszek and more T.B.A

Admission: $20, $15 for students and seniors, and $10 for Poetry Project members.

Words of Wisdom

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

~Chanakya

Free Reading on Lower East Side

Friday, December 9th @ 7PM

– FreeReading: Castiglia & Reed “If Memory Serves” Without memory there can be no future. “If Memory Serves: Gay Men, AIDS, and the Promise of the Queer Past” challenges the way authorities in government and academe instructed gay men to forget the sexual cultures of the 1970s during the decades following the advent of AIDS. Challenging assumptions behind first-wave queer theory, authors Christopher Castiglia and Christopher Reed turn to a rich textual and visual archive to explore more positive takes on gay memory.

Bluestockings
172 Allen Street
New York, NY
Subway:F to 2nd Avenue; 6 to Bleeker Street

Open Mic

Friday, December 9 2011 6:30pm
Stark! Wide Open Mike
Open mike for music, poetry, spoken word & featured performers
Hosted by VivianaNola Studios/
Studio C
250 West 54th Street, 11th Floor (7th/8th Avenues)
FREE Spunkypoetress@aol.com 917-292-2683
Subway: R to 57th Street or C/E/1/9 to 50th Street

Words of Wisdom

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

~Henry Van Dyke


HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Greek Poets

Saturday, November 19 2011 6:00pm
Greek-American Writers Association
Featured Poets Hosted by Dean Kostos
The Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street (West 4th/Bleecker)
$7 includes 1 free drink www.corneliastreetcafe.com
212-989-9319
Subway: A/C/E/B/D/F/V to West 4th
or1/9 to Christopher Street/Sheridan Square

TODAY'S WORD

COROLLA n.


The petals of a flower.

WORDS OF WISDOM

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.


~T.S. Eliot

Monday, November 14th @ 7PM –
FreeOpening: Bluestockings “OCCUPIED: Occupy Wall Street Art Show”

Come to Bluestockings to celebrate the kick-off of our latest art show! The opening of “OCCUPIED” shows artwork inspired by, and from artists working with, the Occupy Wall Street movement. Tonight’s program also includes performance, music, and discussion about Occupy Wall Street. The art show will be up through Thursday, December 8th.


Bluestockings
172 Allen Street
New York, NY

TODAY'S WORD

CATATONIC adj.

Of, related to, or marked by schizophrenia characterized by esp. by stupor. negativism, rigidity, purposeless excitement, and bizarre posturing.

TODAY'S WORD

SOLIPSISM n.

1. The theory that the self is the only thing really existent.

2. Egotistic self-absorption.

If you've lost focus, just sit down and be still. Take the idea and rock it to and fro. Keep some of it and throw some away, and it will renew itself. You need do no more.

~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Poetry In Brooklyn

Saturday, November 5 201 12:30pm
Brownstone Poets Deborah Hauser, Vicki Iorio, and Brant Lyon + open
Hosted by Patricia Carragon
Park Plaza Restaurant
220 Cadman Plaza West @Clark/Pineapple
pcarragon@gmail.com 718.596.5900
brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/www.parkplazarestaurant.com/contact.html
$3 + food/drink purchase
Subway: A/C to High Street
2/3 to Clark Street
4/M/R to Court Street/Borough Hall

Changes Coming

I am in the process of adding more variety to my posts. I have added poetry, vocabulary, and announcements thus far. I have plans for a biography page, possibly adding youtube of poetry reading and story telling, and more places to go to if you can't get enough of the arts.

I will add more events such as movies, festivals, documentaries, plays, etc. It's an interesting time for me but I want to make it interesting for all.

Words Of Wisdom

All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.


~Brian Tracy